(p. 1060) hēstanēsta finalization; final settlement. হেস্তনেস্ত করা v. to finalize; to settle finally; to see through. 82)

(p. 1060) hu indicating: acknowledgment, acceptance, assent, consent, willingness, doubt etc.; yes, hmm. 3)

(p. 1050) hāpha half. হাফ-আখড়াই n. a kind of Bengali song-tournament. হাফ-গেরস্ত n. a demi-rep. হাফ-টিকিট n. a ticket (of railway, cinema, theatre etc.) issued at a concessional price to children, a concessional ticket. হাফ-ডে n. a halfholiday; work or wages for half the usual daily working hours, half time (also হাফ-রোজ). 73)

(p. 1050) hān̐ci a sneeze. 20)

(p. 1050) hāma2 (obs. & poet.) I. 83)

(p. 1050) hāōdā a seat fixed on an elephant's back, a howdah, a haudah. 6)

(p. 1056) hindu a Hindu; Hindus (also হিন্দু জাতি); Hinduism (also হিন্দু ধর্ম) a. of Hinduism or Hindus, Hindu. ̃ধর্মাবলম্বী a. Hindu. ̃য়ানি n. (usu. sarcas.) practices and rites and sacraments of Hinduism. ̃সমাজ n. the Hindu community or society. 41)

(p. 1050) hājāśukhā excessive rain or flood and drought. 45)

(p. 1056) hisṭiriẏā hysteria. ̃গ্রস্ত a. hysteric, hysterical. 56)

(p. 1060) hō ho, O; oh, ah. 87)

(p. 1060) hōli the Hindu feast of commemorating the throwing of red powder at one another by Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) and the milkmaids enamoured of him; the Hindu spring festival of spraying coloured water; the holi. 100)

(p. 1047) haẏa3 either (হয় তুমি, নয় সে). হয়............নয় either......or. 3)

(p. 1050) hāumāu a loud or uproarious complaint attended with wailing; hue and cry. হাউমাউ করা v. to make a loud or uproarious complaint wailingly, to raise a hue and cry. 4)

(p. 1060) humaḍ়i coming near to falling prone whilst walking or whilst attempting eagerly to approach somebody or get something; stumbling. হুমড়ি খাওয়া v. to come near to falling prone whilst walking or whilst attempting eagerly to approach somebody or get something; to stumble. 28)

(p. 1060) hēpājata, hēphājata custody, charge, care. হেপাজতে দেওয়া v. to commit to the custody or charge or care of. 66)